| Townsendia | |
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| Townsendia rothrockii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Stichopogoninae |
| Genus: | Townsendia Williston, 1895 |
Townsendia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 13 described species in Townsendia.
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Townsendia:
- Townsendia albomacula Martin, 1966
- Townsendia araguensis Kaletta, 1976
- Townsendia arenicola Scarbrough, 1995
- Townsendia argyrata Curran, 1926
- Townsendia dilata Martin, 1966
- Townsendia fiebrigii Bezzi, 1909
- Townsendia gracilis Martin, 1966
- Townsendia minuta Williston, 1895
- Townsendia nemacula Martin, 1966
- Townsendia nigra Back, 1909
- Townsendia podexargenteus Enderlein, 1914
- Townsendia pulcherrima Back, 1909
- Townsendia triangulata Martin, 1966
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- ^ "Townsendia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "Townsendia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "Townsendia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Bromley, S.W. (1950). "Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 43 (2): 227–239. doi:10.1093/aesa/43.2.227.
- Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/5949. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- Hull, F.M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.
- McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
External links
- Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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